WOODBURY >> There's a part of 2003's "House of a 1000 Corpses" where the heroine holds down a helpless man and slowly scalps him with a dull knife. Don't worry, it's just a movie, written and directed by rock star singer and Hollow Park neighbor Rob Zombie.

But for Zombie, skate parks are very, very real. He has filed a complaint with the town about the modest skateboard area in the park.

Amanda Klimak, who was a driving force behind the park, is perturbed.

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"We petitioned and raised funds for two years to get the skate park built in Woodbury," Bethlehem resident Ms. Klimak said on Facebook. "It is now in full operation and the kids are loving it, however, now the hours have been cut significantly to keep a very famous neighbor happy.

"What I can't understand is why instead of spending money on lawyers, he wouldn't invest money into the skate park, which the town suggested," she continued. "It would be tax deductible and a great gesture to the kids who have bought his movie tickets and music."

Speaking of Zombie's signature style of industrial groove metal, it could've been forgotten after he dissolved the band, White Zombie. That's the group that in 1995 released its final "Astro Creep: 2000," an awesomely earsplitting anthem album for every teenager who had just got a driver's license and the family car for the evening.

He always maintained he was the creative force behind White Zombie, and essentially proved it true when he exploded again with his first solo album, "Hellbilly Deluxe," which struck the scene with as much power as any previous work.

Later work never matched those two releases, but his gruesome horror movies have seen modest success. So, how scary is a skate park? Who cares, the rock star dismisses that any problem exists.

"It seems nuts to even have to address this, but I guess I will," Zombie (does his real name matter) responded on Facebook. "Some really crazy articles have popped up making claims about 'hating skaters' and 'hating children.' None of this is true and it makes me sick that someone would print such lies.

"There is a simple matter going on in which we are trying to find a solution that will make everybody happy," he continued from his current road tour. "Unfortunately someone decided to turn it into a whole ugly event. What a bummer."

Zombie does have a history of periodic involvement in area events. At the last Earth Day celebration in Hollow Park, the ominous, heavily-tattooed and hairy rocker was seen walking through, enjoying the crunchy festivities and not even kind of blending in. In addition, he judged the hat contest at last year's "Tea for Two Hundred" fund-raiser in Washington.